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APEC¹

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Acronym of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

proper noun

  1. A regional trade agreement between Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan (under the name Chinese Taipei), Hong Kong, the US, and members of ASEAN. The small resource-rich Pacific nation, which is due to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in November, has long struggled with violence and lawlessness.

Apec²

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of APEC When Xi Jinping stepped off his plane in San Francisco for the Apec summit, it was in circumstances very different to the last time he landed on American soil.

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name trade agreement

EspañolAPEC, Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico
한국어아시아 태평양 경제협력체 Asia Taepyeong'yang gyeongjehyeomnyeokche, 에이펙 eipek
日本語アジア太平洋経済協力会議 Ajia-Taiheiyō-keizai-kyōryoku-kaigi
中文亞太經合組織 /亚太经合组织
PortuguêsCooperação Econômica da Ásia e do Pacífico, APEC
FrançaisCoopération économique pour l'Asie-Pacifique, APEC
DeutschAsiatisch-pazifische wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit, APEC
РусскийАТЭ́С ATÉS, Азиа́тско-Тихоокеа́нское экономи́ческое сотру́дничество Aziátsko-Tixookeánskoje ekonomíčeskoje sotrúdničestvo
Tiếng ViệtDiễn đàn Hợp tác Kinh tế châu Á-Thái Bình Dương, APEC

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@misc{apec_2026,
  title = {APEC},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apec},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}